Wing or leaf for display-racks.



I1. FBLDMANN, JR- & T. E. ORBGELIUS.

WING on LEAP FOR DISPLAY RACKS.

APPLIOATION'IILED APR. 6, 1912 v 1 104 4 6 Patented July 21, 1914.

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L. FBLDMANN, JR. & T- E. GR EOELIUS.

WING 0R LEAF FOR DISPLAY RACKS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6, 1912.

1 1 @4A86. Patented July 21, 1914.

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LOUIS FELDMANN, JR., AND THEODORE E. CRECELIUS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,AS SIGNOBS TO MULTIPLEX DISPLAY FIXTURE COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,A

CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

WING- OR LEAF FOR DISPLAY-RACKS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, LOUIS FELDMANN, Jr, andTHEODORE'E. CRECELIUS, citizens of the United States, residing at thecity of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in ings or Leaves for Display-Racks, of which thefollowing is'a specification, ref erence being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part hereof.

. This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wingsor leaves for display-racks or the like, the objects of our inventionbeing to provide a wing or leaf of the kind stated which will be strong,durable, and rigid, one which may be easily constructed and the parts ofwhich may be readily and quickly operatively assembled, one which willpresent a neat and finished appearance, and one which is particularlyadapted to firmly support and attractively display on both its outerflat surfaces both light and heavy framed and unframed pictures or otherarticles of merchandise without the hooks or other fastening means forthe pictures or other articles displayed on one-of its sides or surfacesengaging or interfering with the pictures or other articles displayed onthe other side or surface thereof, and to improve generally upon wingsor leaves for display-racks and the like.

lVith these objects in view, our invention resides in the provision of awing having a substantially all metallic rigid frame; in the provisionof a wing having a body-portion comprising or made up of a plurality ofspaced apart parallel walls adapted to provide a strong substantialsupport especially adapted for the display of more or less heavyarticles of merchandise on both its outer flat surfaces; in theprovision of a wing having a body portion comprising a plurality ofspaced apart parallel walls of wire mesh or other suitable reticulatedmaterial and a background or cover of burlap or other suitable fabricfor each of said walls; in the provision in a wing or'leaf of the kindstated of a frame having means adapted to readily and quickly engagewith and operatively hold and support the body-portion or walls of thewing for the display of articles of merchandise thereupon; and in thenovel construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts ofour new wing or leaf,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Application filed April 6, 1912. Serial No. 689,027.

all as will hereinafter be described and afterward pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is an elevational view of adisplay-rack or supporting standard showing a plurality of our new wingsor leaves operatively mounted and arranged thereupon; Fig. 2 is asectional view approximately on the line 2-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is anenlarged fragmentary detail sectional view of one of our new wings orleaves, a portion of the fabric background or cover for one of the innermetallic walls being broken away; Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view onapproximately the line 44L, Fig. 3, the bills or prongs of thebody-portion engaging-hooks being shown in their opened-out position forengagement with said body-portion; Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view onapproximately the line 55, Fig. 3, the bills or prongs of thebody-portion engaging-hooks being clenched or bent as in the finishedwing; Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view of a slightly modified form ofour new wing or leaf, the reticulated or wire mesh inner walls of thepreferred form of our new wing not being shown; and Fig. 7 is aperspective view of one of the body-portion engaging-hooks.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates the frame of ournew wing or leaf. This frame A is made up of or comprisesvertically-disposed members 1 and 2, preferably metallic tubing, andhorizontally-disposed cross or connecting members 3 and 4t, likewisepreferably metallic tubing,

said members 3 and 1 extending between members 1 and 2 at or adjacenttheir ends, as shown particularly in Fig. 2. These members 1, 2, 3, and4 provide a substantially rectangular frame, and while said members ortubing may be firmly connected or secured together in any suitablemanner or by any suitable means, yet we prefer to connect or secure thesame together by means of suitable metallic cornerspieces or brackets 5,6, 7 and 8, the said. members, in the manufacture of our new wing orleaf, being at their ends first softened and brought approximately to ared heat to receive said corner-pieces and then afterward cooled andshrunk thereupon. By the construction described, a rigid, strong,durable, and sub stantially all metallic unitary frame comparativelylight in weight is provided for the support of the body-portion of ournew wing. As shown particularly in Fig. 2, brackets or corner-pieces 5and 6 are provided with outwardly extending portions 5 and 6,respectively, to provide pintles or trunnions for the wing, whereby thefinished wing is adapted to be pivotally or swingably mounted in asuitable supporting-standard or rack S provided with alining upper andlower parallel cross members or bars S and S, respectively. Preferablypintle or trunnion 5 is somewhat longer than pintle o'r trunnion 6,pintle 6' being adapted to rest in a suitable recess or the likeprovided in said lower cross member or bar S of standard S and saidpintle 5 being adapted to be inserted into and extend through a suitableperforation in up oer cross member or bar S, whereby the nished wing orleaf may be easily placed into or removed from operative position insaid standard, as will be readily understood. Brazed, welded, orotherwise suitably fixed to said members 1, 2, 3, and 4 of frame A andarranged at suit able distances apart on the inner portion of theperiphery thereof, are what might be called double-hook rigid members Bfor en gaging with the body-portion of the wing, as hereinafter morefully appearing. Each of said members B comprises a convexedly curvedcentral portion 9 adapted to fit neatly upon the periphery of said framemembers, as shown particularly in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, and hook-portions10 and 11 extending inwardly from opposite ends of said portion 9 andlying normally substantially fiatwise, as shown in Fig. 5, approximatelyflush with the opposite surface planes of frame A, the bills or prongs12 of said hookportions 10 and 11 being preferably pointed and beingpresented outwardly relatively to frame A. As manufactured, the bills orprongs 12 of hook-portions l0 and 11 of members B are opened out asshown particularly in Fig. 4 for receiving and engaging with thebody-portion of the wing; after the engagement thereof with saidbody-portion of the wing, the said bills or prongs 12 of hook-portions1.0 and 11 are clenched or bent inwardly into the position thereof shownparticularly in Fig. 5 and firmly hold and clamp, as it might be said,the bodyportion of the wing within the area of and in operative positionon frame A approximately flush with the opposite surface planes thereof..As shown clearly in Figs.4-., 5, and 6, portions 9 of hook-members Bare arranged substantially in the central plane of frame A with saidhook-portions 10 and 11 extending inwardly on opposite sides of suchcentral plane, and when in clenched position engaging with the wingbody-portion, the bills or prongs of said hook-portions 10 and 11 alsolie preferably within or approximately flush with the surface for saidmetallic walls 13 and 1 1 and a neat and attractive background for thearticles displayed. The wire-netting or mesh of walls 13 andl ispreferably of a wellknown form wherein the meshes are hexagonal inshape, yet any other suitable preferably light weight and comparativelystrong wire-netting or mesh might be used. The said netting having beencut to the proper size to fit within and cover the area of frame A, theedges of the two sections forming said walls 13 and 14 are detachablyengaged and secured at their edges by said hooks 10 and 11 and are thusfirmly held spaced apart and supported on all four sides in parallelplanes within and to frame A. Each of the cover or background sections15 of burlap or other fabric is provided at its edges with narrowreinforcing strips 16 of metal or other suitable material, these strips16 .being preferably held in place by folding the edge of the fabricover the strip and then sewing or otherwise suitably securing the foldededge of the fabric to the body and within the area thereof, as

shown particularly in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. hen the fabric sections 15 areto be positioned in a frame A having the said sections or walls 13 and 11 in position there upon, the reinforced edges of said fabric sections15 are applied to the hooks 10 and 11 so that the opened-out prongs 12thereof engage through the overturned or folded edges thereof and oversaid strips 16, the said strips 16 in the finished wing occupyingpositions beneath said pointed hook-ends 12, as shown particularly inFigs. 41 and 5. After the said walls 13 and 1A and cover sections 15have been so engaged by said hooks, the pointed ends or prongs 12thereof are clenched or bent inwardly (into the position shownparticularly in Fig. 5) to hold said walls 18 and 1A and cover sections15 firmly stretched in operative position within and across the area offrame A and, at the same time, slightly or somewhat within the side orsurface planes thereof. As shown particularly in Figs. 4 and 5, strips16 are preferably of such width relatively to the depth of said hooks 10and 11 that, when positioned under said hooks, their outer edges extendslightly beyond the extremity of said pointed hook-ends 12; said stripsthus preventsaid pointed hook-ends 12 extending or cutting through theouter surface of said covers 15 and, at the same time, hold said covers15 beyond and completely over said hooks, thereby providing in thefinished wing a neat appearance between the edges of the overlyingfabric covers 15 and frame A.

Wings or leaves of our improved construction are to a large extentutilized for displaying pictures, both framed and unframed, and otherarticles of mechandise, said articles being supported and held thereonby means usually hooks, brads, or other suitable fastening means. And inso displaying said articles, the hooks, brads, or other fastening meanstherefor are inserted into and through the fabric covers 15 and arereceived by and firmly, but removably, engage with the walls 13 and 1 1,which provide strong, substantial supports for said articles, whethersuch articles be of more or less weight. And by supporting said walls 13and 14: spaced apart as described within frame A, it will be seen that aspace therebetween is provided so that the hooks or brads for supportingarticles on one wall will not engage with or damage the articlesdisplayed on the other wall and whereby also the display of articles atone point or place on the outer surface of one wall will in no way beinterfered with by the hooks or brads supporting articles on the outersurface of the other wall. By employing a loosely woven fabric, such asburlap, for the outer wall sections or covers 15, a pleasing,attractive, and effective cover for each of said metallic sections andbackground for the articles displayed thereupon is provided, and onewhich will withstand considerable usage and wear. It will be observedtoo that not only new cover sections 15, but also new sections 13 andlt, may be easily placed in operative position in frame A wheneverrequired.

Our new wing, constructed as described, may be manufactured and made upquickly and at comparatively low cost and provides a strong and readymeans for attractively displaying articles of merchandise of variouskinds for the purpose of exhibition, sale, and the like. And it might behere stated that, by engaging the walls 13 and 14c with said hooks B asdescribed, said members or walls 13 and 11 not only firmly support thearticles displayed thereupon, but the full resiliency thereof is givenplay to .take up and absorb any jar due to, or arising on, an article(and especially a heavy article sup ported by a hook or brad) movingaway from a wall and afterward knocking thereagainst when the wings arepivotally swung in the showing to a customer of the articles displayedon a series of wings operatively arranged in a standard S. Thus there islittle, or no, liability of the articles displayed accidentally becomingdisplaced or falling from display position on our new wings.

As we have stated, the preferred form of our new wing provided withspaced apart parallel wire-mesh walls 18 and 1a and burlap covers 15 ismore especially adapted for displaying articles more or less heavy inweight; for displaying articles comparatively light in weight, such ascards, unframed pictures, and the like, we may dispense with thewire-mesh walls or sections 13 and 14 and cover the area of frame A by,and secure within and to frame A, merely burlap or other suitable fabricwalls 17 and 18, as shown particularly in Fig. 6, which are well adaptedto firmly support and attractively display articles of the kind lastmentioned. These walls 17 and 18, together with their reinforcing strips19, are sub stantially similar to said sections 15 and are similarlyoperatively mounted and secured in position in frame A; but in thisconnection it might be stated that said strips 19 have a somewhat largerwidth than strips 16, so that when said strips 19 are in position underand engaging with said hooks 10 and 11, said walls 17 and 18 willlikewise be neatly supported within the area of frame A and, at the sametime, held spaced apart to provide a space therebetween for the hooks orbrads used in displaying articles on both said walls.

We are aware that minor changes in the arrangement, construction, andcombination of the several parts of our new wing or leaf may be made andsubstituted for those herein shown and described without departing fromthe nature and principle of our invention.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is 1. A wing or leaf for display racks comprising aframe, a series of hook-shaped engaging members arranged and disposedinwardly on said frame, and a wall section covering the area of saidframe, said wall section having its edges reinforced and engaged by saidmembers; substantially as described.

2. A wing or leaf for display-racks comprising a frame, a series ofhook-shaped engaging members arranged and disposed inwardly on saidframe, a section of reticulated metallic material engaged at its edgesby said members and covering the area of said frame, and a section offabric overlying and covering said section of reticulated material andhaving its edges reinforced and also engaged by said members; substantially as described.

3. A wing or leaf for display-racks comprising a frame, a series ofhook-shaped engaging members arranged and disposed in- Wardly on saidframe, a section of reticulated metallic material engaged at its edgesby said members and covering the area of said frame, and a section offabric provided at its edges with a reinforcing strip overlying andcovering said section of reticulated material, said fabric together ithits said strip being also engaged by said members; substantially asdescribed.

4-. A Wing or leaf for display-racks comprising a frame, a series ofhook-shaped engaging members arranged and disposed inwardly on saidframe, a section of reticulated metallic material engaged at its edgesby said members and covering the area of said frame, and a section offabric provided at its edges with a reinforcing metallic strip overlyingand covering said section of reticulated material and said members, saidfabric together with its said strip being also engaged by said members;substantially as described.

5. A Wing or leaf for display-racks comprising a frame, a plurality ofseries of engaging hooks arranged thereon,'said series being disposed onopposite sides of the central plane of said frame, a plurality ofparallel sections of reticulated metallic material covering the area ofsaid frame, each of said sections being engaged at its edges by a seriesof said hooks, and a plurality of cover sections of fabric provided attheir gaging hooks arranged thereon, said series being disposedonopposite sides of the con tral plane ofsaid frame, a plurality ofsections of Wire-netting-covering the area of said frame, each of saidsections being on gaged' at its edges by a series ofsaid hooks, and aplurality of cover sections of burlap provided at their edges withreinforcing strips of metallic material, each ofsaid burlap sectionswith its said metallic reinforcing strip being engagedby a series ofsaid hooks and overlying said series of hooks and the section ofWire-netting. engaged thereb substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, We have signed our names to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LUUIS FELDMANN', JR. THEODORE E. CRECELIUS. l/Vitnesses:

EMIL MAYER, Z. D. PrNL-Us.

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